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Wistar Institute To Host 3rd International Conference On Molecular And Clinical Genetics Of Childhood Renal Tumors And The Mitchell Ross Symposium

WHO:	The Wistar Institute,	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
	The Alberta Cancer Board,	Edmonton, Alberta,Canada
	Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary,	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
	The Departments of Radiation Oncology, Surgery and Pediatrics of the University of Pennsylvania,	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

WHERE: The Wistar Institute, Joseph N. Grossman, M.D., Auditorium

WHEN:

Thursday, April 8, 1999, 7:30 a.m.
The Mitchell Ross Symposium on Anaplastic and Other High Risk Embryonal Tumors of Childhood
8:45 a.m. Session I
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Garvin Wake Forest University School of Medicine
9:45 a.m. Session II
Moderator: Dr. Max J. Coppes Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
11:15 a.m. Session III
Moderator: Dr. Paul Grundy The Alberta Cancer Board
2:00 p.m. Session IV
Moderator: Dr. Frank Rauscher III The Wistar Institute
4:00 p.m. Session V
Moderator: Dr. Giulio D'Angio University of Pennsylvania

Friday, April 9, 1999, 7:30 a.m.
International Conference on Childhood Renal Tumors
8:30 a.m. Session I: "Biology of Renal Tumors"
Moderator: Dr. Frank Rauscher III
10:45 a.m. Session II: "Clinical Issues"
Moderator: Dr. Paul Grundy
1:00 p.m. Session III: "Possible Prognostic Factors in Wilms Tumor"
Moderator: Dr. Max J. Coppes
3:30 p.m. Session IV: "Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors"
Moderator: Dr. Jerry Garvin
Saturday, April 10, 1999, 8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Session V: "Genetics of Wilms Tumor"
Moderator: Dr. Max J. Coppes
11:30 a.m. Session VI: "Familial Wilms Tumor"
Moderator: Dr. Paul Grundy

The Wistar Institute, established in 1892, was the first independent medical research facility in the country. For more than 100 years, Wistar scientists have been making history and improving world health through their development of vaccines for diseases that include rabies, German measles, infantile gastroenteritis (rotavirus), and cytomegalovirus; discovery of molecules like interleukin-12, which are helping the immune system fight bacteria, parasites, viruses and cancer; and location of genes that contribute to the development of diseases like breast, lung and prostate cancer. Wistar is a National Cancer Institute Cancer Center.

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